The
gaon Rabbi Shimon Schwab was a
preeminent rav in the great
tradition of Torah im derech eretz:
Rav, talmid chacham, posek, thinker,
orator, and guide to multitudes in
his six decades as a leader and
teacher. This is a collection of his
teachings on Tefillah. This
magnificent volume is an ideal study
companion and perfect gift.

The
gaon Rabbi Shimon Schwab was a
preeminent rav in the great
tradition of Torah im derech eretz:
Rav, talmid chacham, posek, thinker,
orator, and guide to multitudes in
his six decades as a leader and
teacher. This is a collection of his
teachings on Chumash and other
themes. This magnificent volume is
an ideal study companion and perfect
gift.

The
gaon Rabbi Shimon Schwab was a
preeminent rav in the great
tradition of Torah im derech eretz:
Rav, talmid chacham, posek, thinker,
orator, and guide to multitudes in
his six decades as a leader and
teacher. This is a collection of his
teachings on Chumash and other
themes. This magnificent volume is
an ideal study companion and perfect
gift.

$26.99Rav
Schwab on Prayer
The Great Rav's Teachings on the
Siddur
By Rabbi Shimon Schwab

This
great Rav’s final gift to his
beloved people: In the last few
years of his long, distinguished,
and productive life, Rabbi Shimon
Schwab, the famed and beloved
spiritual leader of Khal Adath
Jeshurun in Washington Heights, NY,
taught Siddur to his congregants.

He was officially “retired,” but his
mind and conscience never rested.
Always a great thinker and teacher,
he turned his attention to the
Siddur, and drew his congregants
along with him. A lifetime of
learning, thought, piety, and
perspective were poured into these
stimulating and inspiring lectures.
Rabbi Schwab was a product of two
worlds: the Franfurt-am-Main of
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and the
Lithuanian Yeshivah. He absorbed
both, blended both, molded them with
his great intellect, profound faith,
vibrant heart, and charismatic
personality.

He was a rabbi in Nazi Germany until
it became impossible for him to
function. He was called to serve the
German kehillah in Baltimore during
an era when rabbis in America were
expected to accommodate themselves
to the times, but he did the
opposite. He forced the times to
accommodate themselves to the Torah
-- and became a heroic figure in the
American rabbinate. After a long and
successful career in Baltimore, he
joined Rabbi Joseph Breuer in the
rabbinate of Khal Adath Jeshurun.
History has come a full circle, as
the scion of Frankfurt became the
Rav of Khal Adath Jeshurun in New
York, the successor of the famed
Frankfurt kehillah.

He became the
moral voice of American Orthodoxy, eloquently
demanding integrity and idealism -- and
succeeding because he made the same demands of
himself. He always went upward, and drew his
listeners after him.

Thanks to the diligence and devotion of Moshe
Schwab -- the eldest son of the Rav, a talmid
of Yeshivah Torah Vodaath, and a musmach of
Rabbi Yitzchok Yaakov Ruderman zt”l of
Yeshivas Ner Israel, Baltimore -- his father’s
last teachings become the legacy of us all in
this magnificent volume. Our daily
conversations with the Creator will be
immeasurably enriched, thanks to this book. No
thinking Jew should be without it.

Rav Schwab on Prayer
The Great Rav's Teaching on the Siddur:

Rabbi Shimon Schwab was officially "retired," but
his mind and conscience never rested. Always a great
thinker and teacher, he turned his attention to the Siddur,
and drew his congregants along with him. A lifetime of
learning, thought, piety, and perspective were poured into
these stimulating and inspiring lectures, which are now
presented in this book.